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GARDENS OF GEHENNA BAND PAGE
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CURRENT NAME
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Gardens Of Gehenna | |
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ORIGIN
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Germany | |
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STATUS
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FORMED IN
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LABEL
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Last Episode Productions | |
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GENRE
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Death metal; Doom metal | |
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LYRICAL THEME
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| BAND ADDED | 2004-03-24, 00:00 | |
| LAST UPDATE | 2007-05-19, 08:03 | |
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| Band biography |
Stylistically addicted to Doom and Death Metal and professionally brought into a lyrical concept by Birgit Lages GARDENS OF GEHENNA guides the listener into a world where nightmares take shape and where the abysses of the human soul are revealed. A light at the end of the tunnel never is in sight, the way back into the "real" world often hard.
1996 the garden bore fruit for the first time in form of two demos published in own management which completely are sold out in the meantime. Some titles found their place on numerous European underground tapesamplers of which the "Sometimes Death Is Better" sampler, which started end of 1998 with a first edition of 3.000 Cds, is the most known one.
Due to many good or excellent reviews in Germany and abroad, as well due to airplay on several radio stations, such as "Krawalla" (R.I.P.), the Metal show of the organizers of the "With-Full-Force"-festival on Radio Energie Sachsen and "Hörsturz" on HOT-FM, in which the whole show was dedicated to them, GARDENS OF GEHENNA were able to build up a strong basis in the underground scene.
In fall 1996 GARDENS OF GEHENNA had the opportunity to introduce themselves the first time to an bigger audience on the "Heaven Shall Burn" tour of Marduk, Gehenna and Mysticum at two dates, and they did well. That their mixture of Dark Death And Doom Metal also does work in front of a pure Electro and Gothic audience GARDENS OF GEHENNA prooved as support for Das Ich competently.
Other bands, well known in the underground who gave GARDENS OF GEHENNA the honour to play with were for example: Atanatos, Autumn Leaves, Cryptic Wintermoon, Eminenz, Impending Doom, Menhir, Ragnarök, Siebenbürgen, Violation ...
Under the care of Das Ich member Bruno Kramm, who should be known to most people because of his producer activity for Atrocity and Saviour Machine GARDENS OF GEHENNA recorded their debut CD at the "Danse Macabre" studio in Bayreuth in January 1997. The album entitled "Mortem Saluta" contains seven songs pointing out that GARDENS OF GEHENNA made their style perfect in the meantime.
The title "Nebelmond" additionally is contained as a remix of Das Ich. Who says that a symbiosis of Death Metal and Electro sounding good does not exist is simply wrong.
The album was mastered at the "Ocean Waves" studio in Los Angeles and was published on Shiver Records, Belgium, in February 1998 . The first edition of 2000 pieces is sold out in the meantime, a reissue will follow.
Due to the hardships of the journey through the gardens of hell three of those who had started it gave up. In spite of this loss the remaining members, namely Andreas Opel and Birgit Lages were not to be put out, overcame the times of searching with guest musicians and finally found more than competantly substitute with Michael Schöner and Christian Wachter.
Now they have recorded their new album "Dead Body Music" under the direction of Bruno Kramm in the "Danse Macabre" studio again. As they had left Shiver Records, the album will be released via Last Episode in July 2000. It contains 8 songs which stick to the band's musical style but this time the traditional Dark'n'Doom Metal is modernized by electronic sounds and song structures.
GARDENS OF GEHENNA support Eisregen at some gigs of their "Fleischfestival 2ooo" tour and later Agathodaimon on the "Higher Art of Rebellion" tour. Release of "Dead Body Music". Good reviews and the more professional work of Last Episode gives the band the opportunity to give interviews in magazines like "Ablaze", "Legacy", Hammer" and "Orkus". The track "Tod und Teufel" is released on different samplers.
Whitsun 2ooo. "Wave Gotik Treffen" in Leipzig. GARDENS OF GEHENNA present themselves for the first time on a big festival.
Vocalist Andreas Opel founds the band´s own studio "AnthRaziT". Demos of the new songs "Dark angel" and "Reich der Schatten" and a rare demo version of "Tod und Teufel" from the year 1996 are re-mastered at "AnthRaziT" for an exclusive 12" Maxi for the Last Episode fanclub but is not released until now.
The "Orkus" magazine invites GARDENS OF GEHENNA to record a song for the Tribute to Type o Negative Sampler "Blood, Sweat & Tears". "A prelude to agony" is completely recorded at "AnthRaziT" and mixed and mastered at "Danse Macabre" with Bruno Kramm.
The third album "the mechanism masochism" is again completely recorded at "AnthRaziT" and mixed and mastered at "Danse Macabre" with Bruno Kramm. The album contains a short intro and 9 tracks who present GARDENS OF GEHENNA more many-sided than ever before. Some tracks are in the "Dead Body Music" style with electronic samples and heavy guitars but more developed. Other tracks are more traditional and remind of the first album "Mortem Saluta" which shows that GARDENS OF GEHENNA do not forget their roots.
Darkness, arrogance and cruelty is the theme of this album. Additional to this you can find a multimedia section on this album with an animated film of "rabenNutte" which is produced by "Orpheus Film". This album is still not released. Christian Wachter leaves the gardens of hell and is live replaced by session guitarist Martin Buchmann (ex-Human Bloodfeast, ex-Atargatis).
In autumn GARDENS OF GEHENNA start thei first tour. The "Gloom over Golgatha" leads the band through germany, tschechien and slowakia supported by "Depressive Reality" and "Absurd Conflict" from Czech Republic. Bastian "Horg" Rosner joins the garden as a permanent member. Whitsun 2oo2. GARDENS OF GEHENNA play on the 12th Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig.
"Mortem Saluta" is distributed by "System Shock" and the first tome available in normal stores. The release date of „mechanism masochism“ is still not in sight. GARDENS OF GEHENNA use the inevitable period of waiting for preparing new material and to build up the "AnthRaziT" studio.
Due to the delay of Last Episode, who are at their finacial end, GARDENS OF GEHENNA quit with this label in Januray and are looking for a new partner. Also in January the band first time play in Antwerp/Belgium at the Eurorock-Winterfest
Bastian Rosner leaves. GARDENS OF GEHENNA become a three-pece again. The second guitar Martin Buchmann overtakes again as a sessionguitarist Because the already completed "mechanism masochism" is blocked due to the action between Bruno Kramm´s Danse Macabre and Last Episode (of course it is about money) and there is no other possiblity to get the master, the "AnthRaziT"-studio is upgraded and the new album is recorded, mixed and mastered again, this time under the control of singer Andreas Opel. In summer GARDENS OF GEHENNA play the first time with the new/old line-up at the "Skeleton Bash"-festival in Innsbruck/Austria. Other bands playing are for example My Dying Bride, Pungent Stench, Ancient,...
With "grau", a sublabel of the German prophecy-productions, a new label is found, which finally has enough engagement. Only a few weeks after the signing the promotion startes, the cd is pressed and really out o1.12.o3. The Odyssey seems to have an end....not the problems. Unfortunately Martin has to leave again for finacial reasons - as a professional musician he has to live from shows. The next 6- string- candidat is named Alexander Kaul and joins in the winter 2003.
The reactions of the press are good. There are interviews in Metal Heart, Orkus, Legacy and Zillo, whereby the three named last add the track „rabenNutte“ to their samplers
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